"ticket collector" meaning in All languages combined

See ticket collector on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ticket collectors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ticket collector (plural ticket collectors)
  1. A person who checks that passengers on a train etc have a valid ticket, and marks or clips it so that it cannot be used again. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: conductor [US], ticket inspector
    Sense id: en-ticket_collector-en-noun-zumoOKbt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1963 December, “News and Comment: The West Coast main line today”, in Modern Railways, page 368:",
          "text": "This left Crewe on time, but was stopped at Stafford, after which we discovered we were being diverted from the Trent Valley main line to the Birmingham line. The ticket collector then appeared and informed passengers that there had been a derailment at Shilton and that we might expect to be 45min late on arrival.",
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